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Thursday, September 29, 2005

Afternoon Tea Recipes

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From the July/August 2005 issue of The Essential Herbal We received an excerpt from the cookbook: 'Afternoon Tea Recipes from Deer Haven...
Tuesday, September 27, 2005

gearing up for the next wave

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It's gotten a little crazy around these parts. The deadline for the color cover pages came and went and we managed to get it into the pr...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Jerusalem Artichoke.. oh, and Whipped Soap

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First I'll tell you about today's adventure in soaping.  In order to keep spirits up, we've been playing with some new technique...
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Friday, September 16, 2005

same walk, different day

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There were a couple more things I snapped while out the other day. Below is the seedhead from the Jack in the Pulpit plants that we saw in ...
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Sunday, September 11, 2005

the end of summer approaches

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As the sun started to set last night we went for a little stroll to see if it was possible to get through the brush. The main purpose was t...
Friday, September 09, 2005

stress relief, hurricane relief

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This is a tough time in the U.S. There is an overall feeling of stress, too much news, survivor guilt, and the feeling of needing to do some...
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Thursday, September 08, 2005

life goes on.... sort of

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After many days of watching the news reports of the Gulf Coast, my sweetie and I got away for a couple days at the beach.  We only watched a...
Thursday, September 01, 2005

Sad Week - Hurricane Love Beads

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This past week has left me speechless as I watch in horror the unfolding disaster in the Gulf states. Its hard to imagine that it continues ...
Monday, August 29, 2005

on the road again

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Today is the last day of summer for the kid, so that meant a little shopping. First I had to pick her up from a slumber party, and along the...
Thursday, August 25, 2005

"too many" tomato recipes :-)

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These are taken from The Shaker Cookbook by Caroline B. Piercy A few more details might be nice (like a temp and time for the custard....)...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Sassafras

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Last evening's wanderings had us out along the edge of the evergreen farm, dodging spider webs and mosquitos in the gathering dusk. The...
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Saturday, August 20, 2005

harvest recipes

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The blog host just made a change, allowing me to work in Word, and publish directly from the program. Could be exciting… we’ll see. I’ll t...
Friday, August 19, 2005

Walkin' the dogs.

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The kid is off to the beach for a week with her dad, and I promised I'd visit "the girls". The girls are the dogs, Tiny (belo...
Wednesday, August 17, 2005

whoosh... both feet back on the ground

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It is finally settling down to some form of normal around here. All the shop copies, writer copies, and orders that piled up have been sent...
Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Chicago Area Soap and Candlemaker's Conference

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We got back from the conference yesterday - a day later than we'd hoped. My camera batteries died on the way out, so I haven't adde...
Thursday, August 11, 2005

into the mail, off to Chicago

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So I was very clear with the printer, telling them that the magazine HAD to be done this morning. With the trip to Chicago for the Soap and...
Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Herbal Harvest from Susan Evans

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From the Sept/Oct 2003 issue of The Essential Herbal : Herbal Harvest-Preserving Herbs for Winter Use Autumn is here and the farmers markets...
Tuesday, August 09, 2005

The End of an Era...

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As summer stretches into the dog days, my daughter and nephew stumble along, blissfully unaware that their lifelong easy-going closeness is ...
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Monday, August 08, 2005

a series of misadventures...

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Did you ever have a day that was just a little askew? Just not quite as it should be? Well that was today for me. It starts with the phone...
Thursday, August 04, 2005

another issue goes to print

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The Sept/October issue of The Essential Herbal went to the printer's today. I was in a huge hurry to complete it, since it absolutely MU...